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Penny Gordon-Larsen
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 302
Citations - 25216
Penny Gordon-Larsen is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 277 publications receiving 21657 citations. Previous affiliations of Penny Gordon-Larsen include University of Pennsylvania.
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Inequality in the Built Environment Underlies Key Health Disparities in Physical Activity and Obesity
TL;DR: Assessment of the geographic and social distribution of PA facilities and how disparity in access might underlie population-level PA and overweight patterns in US adolescents found inequality in availability ofPA facilities may contribute to ethnic and SES disparities in PA and obese patterns.
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The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinants
TL;DR: This work provides a sense of change both in the United States, Europe, and the lower- and middle-income countries of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America as the burden of obesity is shifting towards the poor.
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Determinants of Adolescent Physical Activity and Inactivity Patterns
TL;DR: Investigation of environmental and sociodemographic determinants of physical activity and inactivity patterns among subpopulations of US adolescents shows important associations between modifiable environmental factors, such as participation in school PE and community recreation programs, with activity patterns of adolescents.
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Longitudinal physical activity and sedentary behavior trends: Adolescence to adulthood
TL;DR: The vast majority of adolescents do not achieve five or more bouts of moderate physical activity per week, and continue to fail to achieve this amount of activity into adulthood.
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Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley,Paul Poirier,Lora E. Burke,Jean-Pierre Després,Penny Gordon-Larsen,Carl J. Lavie,Scott A. Lear,Chiadi E Ndumele,Ian J. Neeland,Prashanthan Sanders,Marie-Pierre St-Onge +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized the impact of obesity on the diagnosis, clinical management, and outcomes of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias, especially sudden cardiac death and atrial fibrillation.